Reviews

A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York by Anjelica Huston

ak_nc's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

2.0

Felt like listening to a catalog and inventory of the people, places and things in her life up to that point. Pretentious at times. Poor little rich girl at times. No depth, but descriptions of gorgeous places. She does an excellent job with setting. 

princesszinza's review against another edition

1.0

It's so easy for me to dislike someone like Anjelica Huston. She's the overprivileged, overrated daughter of a famous director who cannot understand how easy her life is compared to the average person. I picked up this book because I enjoyed the memoir by her sister Allegra. Angelica's book was not at all enjoyable. It was poorly written. The plot meandered along, full of snobby passages about her possessions and name dropping of all the important people she met through her mother and father. The book abruptly ends when she's around 22, so there's no revelations about her time with Jack Nicholson.

I will have to endure another book if I want to read her version of what she believes happened the day Roman Polanski raped a young girl in Jack Nicholson's house. I wonder if she'll speak to the amorality of the entertainment industry that allowed such a heinous crime to happen and then for the perpetrator to remain employed in film making. I'm curious about Anjelica's take on that but maybe not enough to read anymore of her memoirs. This one was hard enough to get through.

fgaon's review against another edition

2.0

The memoir read more like a who's who in Huston's life. There was relatively no feeling and I couldn't connect, as much as much as I wanted to.

swifteagle's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.0

lareinedususpense's review against another edition

2.0

Disaster :( I really love Anjelica but this is not it

schrothreader's review against another edition

2.0

I did not finish this book. I'm not sure if I'm just not that big of an Anjelica Huston fan or what. It seems entirely too detailed and focused on mundane stories of her younger years.

valerief's review against another edition

2.0

Started off a bit slow, appreciated the latter part of the book where we better understand how she is feeling and reacting to events in her life.

rhays40's review against another edition

3.0

meh. memoir of a (very) privileged and bohemian childhood. good OOOOOLLLLD Hollywood gossip I guess but I think I got this one confused with the newer book that covers more of her adult life.

showlola's review against another edition

2.0

Too many horses.

tigershout's review against another edition

emotional informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0